Sexual Minorities in the Bible: the Positive Texts in the New Testament Rev. Dr. Tom Hanks, Buenos Aires, 2011 (www.fundotrasovejas.org.ar) September 2011 Table of Contents CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL PAPER (60 pages in length) |
1. Matthew: A publican declares the Good News to eunuchs and prostitutes 2. Mark: The young man who fled naked portrays a Jesus in a hurry and crucified naked 3. Luke: The “beloved physician” tells of a Roman centurion with his “very beloved” slave 4. Praxis (Acts) of the Apostles: Queer couples collaborate in mission to the Unclean 5. John: Jesus’ Beloved Disciple subverts fundamentalism (selective literalism) 6. Romans: A gay apostle’s queer letter to a “peculiar people” (in five tenement house churches) 7. 1 Corinthians: Sexual minority values replace family values (1 Cor. 5--7; 16:5-24)? 8. 2 Corinthians: Catalogs of sexual minority sufferings (oppression, violence) 9. Galatians: Evangelism + racism, sexism, xenophobia and homophobia: “Another gospel?” 10. Ephesians: Sexual sins that may not even be “named” (5:3, 12) 11. Philippians: Euodia and Syntyche threaten to split the church Lydia founded (4:2-3; 2:2) 12. Colossians and Philemon: The first Haustafeln and the deconstruction of the patriarchal household 13. 1-2 Thessalonians: The woman (feminine side) in Paul and his companions 14. 1- 2 Timothy: Paul seeks to encourage his disciple, beloved but timid 15. Titus and his Cretan gay shaman 16. Hebrews: Sarah, Rahab and, the queerest of all – Melchizedek! 17. James: Married, but not so secret admirer of Rahab, the harlot 18. 1 Peter: “First pope,” but married (and preferring Mark as travel companion) 19. 1-3 John: Friendship, not family, the foundation of civilized society 20. Revelation: The celibate followers of the Lamb vs. the Great Whore (Babylon = Rome) Appendix: Theodore W. Jennings, Jr. on the Beloved Disciple in The Man Jesus Loved: Homoerotic Narratives from the New Testament (Cleveland: Pilgrim, 2003). Note: refers the reader to material in The Subversive Gospel, by Rev. Dr. Tom Hanks (Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2000). The text of this book is available at www.fundotrasovejas.org. ar/ingles/ingles.html, “Books on line”. |
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